| Lot 656 |
| PVT. JOHN FRANK POPE "PRISONER OF WAR" BIBLE AND DAGUERREOTYPE - CIVIL WAR. J. F. Pope was enlisted in the Massachusetts 13th Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Co. "A") in July 1862. He was taken "Prisoner of War" at Gettysburg in July of 1863 and released from Belle Island in March of 1864. The Bible in this lot is leather bound, and was printed in 1860 in New York. The inside cover is inscribed, "J. Frank Pope - Co. A, 13th Regt. - Mass Vols - Dorchester, Mass". The back inside cover reads "Belle Island, August 8th, 1863 to March 7th, 1864". Included is a large sized Gutta-percha daguerreotype case with images of Pope’s mother and father, also with a very miniature tintype portrait of F.J. Pope in his uniform. This is a great historical find, complete with printed copies of Pope’s U.S. National Archive records. Estimate |
| Realized $862.50 |
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